Alcohol dependence in Taiwan: From epidemiology to biomedicine

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-112

  Huang, Ming Chyi ^a,b   Chen, Chiao Chicy ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Epidemiology; Genetic; Neuroadaptation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADH1B PROTEIN; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDH2 PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATALASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADH1B GENE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ALDH2 GENE; ASIA; BIOMEDICINE; CAUCASIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENE; GENE LOCUS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAIWAN; TAIWANESE;

EID: 84862786303     PISSN: 18783317     EISSN: 18783325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecm.2012.01.004     Document Type: Review

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